I understand what you're saying dhchick, but for someone to say that no one cares about Kara but us? I'm hoping that was a joke. It's delusional.
It isn't a joke and it is not delusional. We have watched for months while LE in that little backwards town has done nothing to find Kara. They did initial interviews and checked a few leads which never brought them anything except to further their own conclusion that Kara ran away.
Her mother and stepfather have appeared on numerous tv shows and have made some public appearances, but the searches which have been done...have not been with LE and have only been set up by other people. (Busylady actively pursued this with a group of college students and were told by LE they would not be part of it then were asked to leave the area.)
Equusearch was in the same area after finding Kelsey Smith and would have stayed on to help search for Kara, but were not requested to do so.
Kara's father's side of the family have maintained a website which only mentions the mother's name once and never mentions the stepfather. They have also been involved with other projects in the community. (Again, mother and stepfather show up for media events.)
I realize people in her community do care and have done things to keep the search for Kara going, but this is being done privately.
They do fundraisers for Kara, but where is the money going? Where are the organized searches to find this girl?
LE has nothing and they are still under the impression she is a runaway...because it is what the mother and stepfather believe. They only bring her case off the shelf when they have to ID yet another female body found in their jurisdiction.
You are right in that other people do care about Kara...but the right people to do or ask for organized searches etc. simply have not. It is incredibly frustrating to watch.